General availability: UK geography and two new Azure regions

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

The United Kingdom geography with two new Azure regions—UK South and UK West—is now generally available to customers. It provides world-class reliability and performance combined with data residency to support the digital transformation of businesses and organizations in the UK. The two new cloud regions will receive the same industry-leading levels of security, privacy and control, compliance, and transparency.

We’ve now announced 34 Azure regions around the world with 28 generally available—more than any other major cloud provider. For more information on available regions, please visit the Azure regions and Azure pricing pages.